Improvement in clothes-washers



H. NGYES.

Improvement in CIothes-Washers;

Patented July 2,1872.

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f INITED STATES HORATIOKJ. NOYES, OF ASHTABULA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-WASHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent HNo. 128,501, dated July .2, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, H. J. NOYEs, of Ashtabula, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Clothes-Washer; and I do hereby declaro that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of the same specification.

Figure 1 is a top view of the washer. Fig. 2 is a view of the bottom and inside- Fig. 3 is a side view. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in the dierent views.

The object of this invention is to wash clothes by pounding them by means of a hollow pounder. Said pounder consists of an external metal shell provided with a band around its lower section, between which band and shell is formed thereby an annular space, communicating with the inside by means of a series of holes. In said shell is fitted a beater or plunger, consisting of a series of chainbers formed by concentric walls or partitions. The beater is iitted loosely in the shell so that it may have a free vertical movement therein when operated by means of a handle and spring attached thereto.

Of the above-specified invention the following is a more full and complete description.

In the drawing, Fig. 2, A represents the eX- ternal shell; said shell is made of sheet metal and of the shape shown. Projecting from the crown of the shell is a socket, B, whereas around the lower section or mouth thereof is a deep b and, C, Fig. 2, between which and the shell is formed an annular space, a, Fig. 4; said space communicates with the inside of 1the shell by means of aseries of holes, b, in

the upper part of the space or chamber referred to, the purpose of which will presently be shown. D, Fig. 4, is the beater or plunger, which is also made of sheet metal and of the shape of the upper section of the shell A, in which it is loosely fitted so that it may have a vertical movement therein. To the inside of the plunger is secured two deep concentric rings, E F, wherebyV is formed the annular spaces or chambers E' F', and the central chamber G. To the crown of the plunger is attached a stem, H, which projects up through the socket B, and in the protruding end thereof is inserted a handle, J, whereby the washer is operated in the manner as follows:

The clot-hes to be washed are put into a barrel and properly supplied with water and soap. The clothes are now washed by striking down upon them with the washer, it being held in the hands by the handle J. Each time that the rim of the outer shell A strikes the clothes the plunger is forced down from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that indicated by the dotted lines e, thereby repeating the blows, and by this means driving -out the dirt, and at the same time agitatin g and causing a constant changing of the water by the several chambers into which it splashes, thereby removing the dirt from its immediate contact with the clothes. Suction is prevented, so that the dasher can be easily lifted from the wet clothes land water, by means of the series of holes b, which admits air to the inside by passing up through the annular space a. It also allows the air to escape from the inside of the dasher on striking it down upon the clothes. It will be observed that the cent-ral part of. the plunger D when down projects below the edge of the shell, the purpose of which is to enable the plunger to strike a harder blow than it would do did the plunger come no further than the rim or mouth of the shell. The plunger is drawn back up into the shell by the spring I, Fig. 4, a-lso indicated by the dotted lines a, Fig. 2. Said spring surrounds the stem H, and is inclosed in the socket B.

This apparatus being made of sheet metal is consequently light to handle, and, therefore, Athe labor of washing with it is by no means tiresome to the arms.

Claim.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The plunger D having annular chambers E F and chamber G, stem H, socket B, and spring I, constructed and arranged in combination with the shell A, band C, and holes b, in the manner substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. I

HORATIO J. NOYES.

Witnesses W. H. BURRIDGE, A. F. CORNELL. 

